Heteropatriarchy, the Witch Hunts, and the Creation of Capitalism

Writer is better to be a female, and has to be Chinese
Background description: I'm from north of China, female, 24 years old. Studying in USA for 2 years.
Your final installment of ADRRESSING is an essay of minimum 1,500 words which will focus on your agent status in a given rank.
To complete this assignment, you will need to explore and explain the history of the family you grew up in (biological or given) in relationship to Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy. First choose ONE of the four course themes/ historical patterns in which you are an **AGENT**
Heteropatriarchy, the Witch Hunts, and the Creation of Capitalism--Gender
Genocide/Colonialism and 1493--Indigenous Heritage
Slavery/Capitalism and Gone with the Wind--Race
Orientalism/War and Vincent Chin--National Origin
1. the first part of your essay should discuss specifically how your own family history is intertwined with ONE of the core course theme/ historical patterns that we have discussed in class. In this section , you must demonstrate a clear understanding of the course theme/ historical pattern you have chosen by including a clear description of this pattern with specific examples from course texts , including page numbers (for books and articles) and times (for films). In addition, you must describe how your ancestors (biological or given) were involved in or affected by your chosen course theme/ historical pattern, give specific examples from your family history, including dates and locations. You may have to conduct your own research for this section.**note that general answers will receive fewer points**
For example instead of saying "I am a cisgendered male, and in so many ways I have been advantaged because of this, as have my father and grandfather," you must be more specific--"in Washington state, where I was born in 1995, women did not receive the right to vote until 1910, this means that my great great grandmother, who grew up on the Tulalip reservation in the late 1800s, did not have the right to vote. She had no say in the various laws that applied to her health. including the anti abortion laws that swept the nation in the 1880s. Until 1910, she was considered the property of my Great great grandfather by state law. Part of the reason women in the United States did not receive the right to vote until the early 1900s is the result of the continued effects of the witch hunts in Europe..."
You can see in this example that I have chosen the pillar "Heteropatriarchy, the Witch Hunts, and the Creation of Capitalism" and a focus on the rank of Gender.
In this first section of your paper, I will be looking for a connection to local Seattle history. You must include a specific historical reference from the Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History website (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. that you have been browsing all quarter. 
in the next section of your paper, you will discuss the main agent skills that you and at least one other family member use in relation to your chosen course theme/ historical pattern with specific personal examples
Please be sure to use a both/and approach and avoid the use of either/or thinking in your essay. Read more about this here.
Please be sure that your paper includes a thoughtful and complex conclusion that addresses the larger themes discussed in your paper. Although I love to hear about how much people love our course, simply stating that this course has changed your life is too general as a conclusion to your paper
TAKE A LOOK AT THE GRADING RUBRIC BELOW TO SEE HOW YOU WILL BE ASSESSED!!
Each quarter, students who were born outside of the United States approach me to ask how they should complete this project, and my answer is that the historical examples that we discuss in our course are all transnational. It is each student's responsibility to research how the larger historical events that we discuss in class have played out in relation to their specific family history. It is useful for all students, including those born outside of the United States, to ask what impact these historical patterns have had on themselves or their family moving to the US. In what way have these patterns pushed people out of their traditional homeland, and pulled people into the United States?
ADRRESSING part four (1)
ADRRESSING part four (1)
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcomespecific discussion of family history in relation to AGENT rank, with clear examples, dates, and locations
10.0 pts
Full Marks
0.0 pts
No Marks
10.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcomedemonstrated understanding of course theme/ historical pattern with at least two specific examples from course texts
10.0 pts
Full Marks
0.0 pts
No Marks
10.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeConnection of course theme/ historical pattern to local event from Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Website
5.0 pts
Full Marks
0.0 pts
No Marks
5.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAGENT RANK--discussion of main agent skills you use daily in relation to this rank--with specific examples
5.0 pts
Full Marks
0.0 pts
No Marks
5.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAGENT RANK--discussion of main agent skills your family member uses/used in relation to this rank--with specific examples
5.0 pts
Full Marks
0.0 pts
No Marks
5.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeEssay uses "Both, And" approach, and avoids either/or constructs such as "good/bad" "right/wrong"
5.0 pts
Full Marks
0.0 pts
No Marks
5.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcomethoughtful and substantive conclusion--conclusion must be complex and do more than summarize
5.0 pts
Full Marks
0.0 pts
No Marks
5.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome1500 words minimum
5.0 pts
Full Marks
0.0 pts
No Marks
5.0 pts
Total Points: 50.0
ADRRESSING part 3 example
Introduction
For this final ADRRESSING essay, I chose to explore the Colonialism/Genocide pillar of white supremacy and the Indigenous Heritage rank. I am Asian, and I am a target member in a number of ranks, including national origin, but in this essay, I will focus on how my Agent status in the rank of indigenous heritage has affected my family history and my daily life. 
Family History
My immediate family is mostly in Vietnam or just moved here for less than ten years, so we don't have much understanding of the US ranking system in the past. My uncle family though, his family has lived in California for exactly 20 years already. They moved to the States in around 1995, two of his children, my cousins, weren't even born yet. They had lived in Massachusetts in the town of North Andover for 8 years, then moved to Orange County, California. This county was long inhabited by the members of the Tongva, Juaneño, and Luiseño Native American groups, before the Europeans came and claimed their righteous ownership of the land. And the original developers didn't buy it from the Natives, they just claimed it as theirs. Now the money that was used to buy the lot, to build the house, to buy the house, to rent, was and is going to be in anyone's pockets but the Natives. And my family did not pay rent to Native people. Even if they don't know, they are participating in the genocide and colonialism pillar of the white supremacy.
the Colonialism/Genocide Pillar
The genocide logic says that Native people must disappear so that non-Native peoples have the justified right to claim their lands and resources. The Native people must always be disappearing in order for the non-Natives to always be the rightful inheritors of “all that was indigenous - land, resources, indigenous spirituality, or culture” (Smith, 68). In a paradox, the Native people have a role to act dead, the role which is to ultimately disappear. This logic is saying: it is OK to take the indigenous land because they are dead already. It acts as the anchor for colonialism. Loewen has expressed his concern about this pillar, particularly through his research of the Christopher Columbus story. Columbus is obviously made a righteous hero by American history textbooks, while there are so many things that are hidden from students and people about him. Columbus is guilty of genocide, which reduced the population of the indigenous communities from anywhere close to 150 million to a few thousand in just a mere matter of decades, and none of the 12 books examined by Loewen mentions that. Columbus was a slave trader, gold seeker and exterminator but we don't teach that in schools. He made the trip to “explore” America. But in fact he only landed on the Caribbean, never actually “discovered” the new world that had been actually reached by another explorer before Columbus's great- grandparents was born. And it was not for the purpose of exploring, but rather for conquest and exploitation, and he used his Christian religion as a rationale. He claimed this land was his because “God said so” and killed everyone who opposed because “God said so”. But that's not the story told about our great Columbus. Rather, our textbooks glorify him. “When they glorify Columbus, our textbooks prod us toward identifying with the oppressor. When textbook authors omit the causes and process of European world domination, they offer us a history whose purpose must be to keep us unaware of the important questions” (Loewen, 69). This topic is also covered in the film “The Color Of Fear”, which interviews people from different ethnic groups about the problems of racism. When David, a white man, said “Each man can stand on his own”, Victor Lewis, and African American, responded “Each man don't stand on his own. Some men stand on other men and women and children of color. All of the ground on this planet has been taken from almost all of the people of color. North America was a red continent. South America was a red continent. You are not standing on your own ground. You are standing on red ground.” (31:35) This land has always belonged to Native-Americans, it is indeed a red continent. But evidently, few people understand that. Yet there is a federal annual holiday that is called “Columbus Day”, celebrating the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's “discovery” of the Americas. The holiday has obviously evoked sadness and anger among the Indigenous people, who object to honoring a man started the European colonization, the exploitation of native peoples, and the slave trade.
Local Example of the Colonialism/Genocide Pillar
Last year, the Seattle City Council unanimously adopted a resolution to celebrate the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples' Day at the encouragement of indigenous activists — joining many other cities and states with non-Columbus Day holidays, as Seattle is not the first place to give the holiday another name. This year, the Minneapolis City Council also renamed Columbus Day Indigenous Peoples' Day. In South Dakota, the holiday is celebrated as Native American Day, while Hawaii observes Discoverers' Day, which honors Polynesian explorers. "We're making sure that we acknowledge the absolute horrors of colonization and conquering that happened in the Americas at the hands of the European so-called explorers, and Columbus was one of the primary instigators," says Kshama Sawant, one of the sponsors of the resolution to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day. Meanwhile, there were criticism to the resolution. Seattle resident Ralph Fascitelli, who is Italian-American, said, quote, "We don't argue with the idea of Indigenous Peoples' Day. We do have a big problem of it coming at the expense of what essentially is Italian Heritage Day. This is a big insult to those of us of Italian heritage. We feel disrespected. America wouldn't be America without Christopher Columbus," he said. And even if you support the Columbus day or you don't, most of us are still buying houses and paying rents to the white supremacy, which is not the Indigenous community, who used to own all of this land.
My Agent Skills
That also includes me. Living in Seattle for almost 6 months, all the rent that I have paid are not for the Native-Americans. That alone makes me an active participant in the pillar of Genocide and Colonialism. Unfortunately, I have not met or even seen a Native person yet in my life. I also have never heard about their personal troubles and hardships. I have no experience in my daily life whatsoever about indigenous people and indigenous life. Most of the knowledge of indigenous people and their oppression I have learned is from this class. Almost all of the time, the skill set I use is indifference. Now I have used awareness skills a few times. I have felt so bad and guilty for them, even though I am not an American, when I read the course materials and watched the films. Suppose I had a native friend, I would make a guess that I have access to inclusion or awareness skills. But for now, with the conditions that I have, sadly I only have access to and only use the indifference skill.
Family Members Agent Skills
As far as I know, my uncle and his wife don't really know much about the history of this country either. I asked them on the phone if they knew about anything about the indigenous history of California, they told me that they knew some people, but they rarely talked to any of them, although they knew some basic knowledge like “Christopher Columbus” and “Native people are the ones who had lived here before Columbus found America”. They'd rather spend time making money instead I guess. I am sure their children know more about this problem and how serious it is, but seems like no one has made an effort to explain to their parents. They rent half of a house from an Asian family. They live and pay their rent every months, the money that goes to the pocket of the Asian family. The Asian family probably bought the house from another family that is not Native-American, who also bought this lot and built a house, spending tons of dollars on it but none of which went to the Natives.They are using indifference skills towards Indigenous people every day.
Conclusion
Most of us are too blind to see others' pain and struggles, we can only see ours. We are too invested in feeling bad and sympathized for ourselves. I can go on and on about my struggles as a target of National Origin, but fail to even see the problem of indigenous people in daily life. In fact, the two pillars of Orientalism/War and Genocide/Colonialism are tied together, and I can actually develop better target skills when better I understand the areas where I am an agent. I am here in the US now because of both pillars. The Orientalism/war pillar pushed my family out of Vietnam. and the Genocide/Colonialism pulled us toward the US--helped us to believe that we too could become rich and live the American dream, and taught us not to question the history of the land on which our dream was being built. Asian civilizations are constructed as inferior to white ones according to the Orientalism/War pillar, and so students like me are encouraged to learn English--the international language, change our names to "white Christian" names, and study here in the US to became successful. many of us try to assimilate without knowing the history of forced assimilation that Indigenous people before us have faced. But once we know the history of the land, and the struggles of the indigenous people, we can begin to use awareness and feel sad about the loss and pain of Native people--this will tell us something important about the future that may also await us if we continue to use survival skills as targets in National Origin. When we can feel the pain of targets, we can also begin to feel the pain of our own loss. It is only this pain that can give us the courage to stand up for ourselves, and for others